Michael A. McNeil, Kathleen S. Skullney

Baltimore Sun photo by Karl Merton Ferron

Michael A. McNeil (left), a disabled former mattress assembler, said he didn't know he owed the city $298.77 for water use at his Belair-Edison home, or that the debt had been sold at a May 2006 tax sale. His court case is being defended by attorney Kathleen S. Skullney (right) of the Legal Aid Bureau.

Michael A. McNeil (left), a disabled former mattress assembler, said he didn't know he owed the city $298.77 for water use at his Belair-Edison home, or that the debt had been sold at a May 2006 tax sale. His court case is being defended by attorney Kathleen S. Skullney (right) of the Legal Aid Bureau. (Baltimore Sun photo by Karl Merton Ferron)

Michael A. McNeil (left), a disabled former mattress assembler, said he didn't know he owed the city $298.77 for water use at his Belair-Edison home, or that the debt had been sold at a May 2006 tax sale. His court case is being defended by attorney Kathleen S. Skullney (right) of the Legal Aid Bureau.